Twitter files: Was Twitter pressurised to supress accounts disagreeing US Covid policy?

The other set of Twitter files released on Monday alleged the platform censored Covid information that was ‘true but inconvenient’ to United States government policy, suppressed disagreeing doctors, experts and other ordinary users. In a series of tweets shared by David Zweig, a New York-based independent journalist and writer, the leaked files purportedly showed how … Read more

Twitter to remove accounts created for promoting these social platforms

Twitter on Sunday said that it will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames. The move would impact content from social media platforms like Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram, along with Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post while allowing cross-content posting, Twitter … Read more

Red lines… sanctions, soon: EU official warns Musk over journos’ Twitter ban

Backlash against Elon Musk suspending journalists from Twitter Inc. has spread among senior European politicians, with threats of future sanctions and lawmakers leaving the platform. “News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying,” said Commission Vice President Vera Jourova in a tweet. “There are red lines. And sanctions, soon.” Twitter suspended the accounts … Read more